Research at USciences—Moving Life Forward

From researching diseases and cures on a molecular level to treatment and patient care techniques, University of the Sciences is about moving life forward.

The research and the principle investigators highlighted here are just the beginning of what is going on at USciences. In addition to the cores of research in cancer biology, neurosciences, gerontology/geriatrics, and interprofessional care, other researchers are making inroads in the areas of nanotechnology, biofuels, chronic illness, cellular function, asthma, and autism, to name a few. Further research is being initiated through grants from the National Institutes of Health and various private and public foundations.

In addition, undergraduate and graduate students at USciences are receiving training from these experts to be the next generation of researchers and scientists. These students benefit from working in the labs and receiving vital hands-on experience, as early as their first year.

Bin Chen, PhD, is working on perfecting a therapy that could maximize the work done by cancer drugs. The method? Light.
Photodynamic detection and therapy (PDD/PDT) is a process by which compounds in cells are activated... Read more

Drug guidelines are established for a reason: they allow doctors to give their patients the best possible pharmacological care without needing to know everything about every drug at their disposal.
But what’s... Read more

Tests that detect biomarkers might sound high tech or expensive, but they’re as close as your local drugstore: “Pregnancy tests, diabetes test strips—they sense a biological marker and let you know it... Read more

Stephen Metraux, PhD, associate professor of health policy at University of the Sciences, has one overarching goal for his research: “end homelessness.”
In doing research, Dr. Metraux uses data to look at... Read more